Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-07
A FEARFUL FIGHT.
THE WRIT COUNTY MELEE MUCH WORSE
THAN AT PTRSTSUPPOSED.
Two Of the COmbatants Fatally Hurt-Shot Through
the Head-Gensral State News
Briefly Photographed.

1Hc hSut vas htiSlPatCu III W SOnN
three or four of the BOices and q worth
less fellow named Miller, on the one side,
and F. NJ. Hopkins and two of his sons, on
the other side. The fight as stated by us
last week, grew out of some neighborhoOd
gossip about a female member of the Boice
family, and the male members of her
family with the man Miller, went to tho
Hopkins residence with the avowed pur-
pose, so we are told, of Strengthening
up the talk had about the young lady,
of 'lickin'" somebody. In the melee
which followed their visit to the home Of
the Hopkinses, q miscellaneous assert
ment of clubs, stones, a shoe hammer and
other weapons were brought into vigorous
play. When the battle closed it was
found that Thomas J. BOice and a brother
were seriously injured. the former having
his skull badly fractured by a blow from
the shoe hammer; whilst on the other
side, +. NJ. Hopkins was considerably
bruised up, and one of his younger sons
was fatally injured by n blow from a
heavy club, which struck him across the
spine. Altogether, it is an exceedingly
ugly affair, and from what we hear, may
result in the death of at least two OF the
participants.
Quite q sensation was created ut Hun
tingtOn, Thursday evening. at the store OF
Kelly x NOrthcOtt, by an attempt on the
part of Henry Wright 10 shoot Walter Jcn-
kins. Jenkins was standing ut the cOun-
ter engaged i'll conversation with MIR.
NOrthcott, when Wright opened the door
and WITH the remark, 81 have got you
now" raised the pistol and fired. The
ball failed TO hit any one and there was Il
general stampede, Wright following Jen-
kins to the back door, through which he
had made his escape. There were q mum
Der of persons in the store at the time, ana
it is fortunate no one was hurt. Mr.. Wright
accuses Jenkins of having wrOnged his
daughter, hence the trouble. Wright was
arrested Friday morning and gave bail for
his appearance to answer an indictment.
MesSrs. Harry RObb and Paul Neal, OF
Parkersburg, are i'll Writ county, looking
after the development OF the mining
region of the ParkersbuTg company, which
have interests there. They began shatting
for iron ore on Iron Ore Fork, about four
miles from Elizabeth, but after penetrat-
Ing some distance they were Obliged to
stop on account of water. They changed
to a new place, and the work Is progress
ing nicely. Their present purpose Is
simply To prospect and test the region.
There is every indication that they Will he
able to find not only iron ore in paying
quantities, but also oil and gas. That
entire region seems to be rich in mineral
wealth.
At Ten Mile, in Mason county, on the
Kanawha and Ohio Railway, they have n
rapid way of doing things, Is will he seen
from the following; John Spencer and his
wife separated on Thursday of last week,
and on the following day Felix Howell, a
neighbOr who had provoked the separa-
zion through the gilt of q pair of shoes to
the wife, cOurted her, and on Saturday,
the next day, obtained a license and on
Sunday married the discarded wife. They
then proceeded to take possession of Spen-
GERS home, drove him oil, and now all Is
serene as a May morning. There will he
given in honor Ofthe new couple a hnddle
dance at their home soon.
4 heavy wind storm swept over Monroe
county Friday night. 1t, force seemed
concentrated at the Sweet Springs, where
the south gable end of the Catholic church
was blown in, the roof split in two and
the eastern half blown down. The gable
end being OF brick caused much destruc-
ton in its fall, damaging everything III
that part of the church. The loss to the
building and its contents is about $500.
At the Sweet Springs the tin roofing on an
addition TO one of the brick buildings was
blown off. 4 great deal of fencing was
was blown down in that neighbOrhOOd,
and a quantity of hay from stacks standing
in open fields was lost.
Young Haines, charged with killing n
young man named Davis III Kanawha
county, sOme time ago, has been arrested.
He claims that the killing was accidental.
The facts appear to be, that Haincs and
Davis were ont hunting; that they had
but one gun for the use of both; that
when they got within shooting distance of
q pheasant there was . misunderstanding
as to which one should do the shooting;
that Haines got the gun and missed the
pheasant and hit Davis.
In n cave under 4 cliff on the banks OF
the MonOngahela river, abOut three miles
from MOrgantOwn, says IN exchange, lives
"A hermit as genuine aS any of the Middle
Ages. His name is "Dr." Aisup, and III
his life history there is Il chapter OF crime.
lie has 'killed his man" and served q term
in the penitentiary. Since his release he
has lived under that clitf, supporting him
self by tilling q small island in the river
which has been given the name of Aslup's
Island. lie has probably not washed since
his penitentiary days.
John Anderson, of Writ county, instant
" killed himself a few days ago. lie was
cleaning Il rifle, which he thought was not
loaded, and though no one was present at
the time of the occurrence, 1t Is thought
the unfortunate man attempted to blow
into the muzzlc of the gun, when it was
discharged, the ball passing up through
his head. killing HIM instantly. lie was
IS years old. and well known.
A trestle on the f. l.. & Il. s. Railroad,
spanning a small creek near Huntington,
gave way last Saturday ~ train No. 4 was
passing over it, letting the baggage car and
one coach fall through into the water.
Fortunately, the train was going very
slowly and no one was seriously hurt. The
accident was caused by a sudden flood in
the creek, which undermined the founda-
ton of the treStlc work.
The boom at the mouth of fuckers
creek broke last Saturday morning and let
out about 5000 ties belonging 10 :. B.
RathbOne x Co, and about four or five
hundred logs belonging to |. II. Smell ard
Burns Bro. 4 Hoffman. They were ali
caught up before they reached Newark
The loss will fall pretty heavily on Messrs.
RathbOne &CO.
Boys playing on the farm of A. NJ. An
man. on Leading Creek, Lewis camp, a
few days ago, discovered a cave of AS vet
unknown extent. One room l4xS feet and
- feet long was examined, and from it a
passage led to an unknown extent. The
floor of the large room was strewn with
bones.
The $l4, 500 worth oil g per cent Par
kersburg District bonds, voted to the OR.
K. r., wee delivered on the first of che
| month to the officers of the cOmnany 1'be